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James Sicily (born 6 January 1995) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays as a forward and defender for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

James Sicily
Sicily playing for Hawthorn in June 2017
Personal information
Full name	James Sicily
Date of birth	(1995-01-06) 6 January 1995 (age 27)
Original team(s)	Keilor (EDFL); Western Jets (TAC Cup)
Draft	No. 56, 2013 national draft
Debut	Round 2, 2015, Hawthorn vs. Essendon, at MCG
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Position(s)	Key defender
Club information
Current club	Hawthorn
Number	6
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2014–	Hawthorn	115 (59)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
2020	Victoria	1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2022 season. 2 State and international statistics correct as of 2020.
Career highlights
Peter Crimmins Medal: 2022
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early career

Sicily's junior career was spent playing for the Keilor Football Club.[1] In 2013, Sicily kicked 26 goals from 16 games for the Western Jets and represented Vic Metro at the National Championships.[2]

AFL career

Sicily was drafted by the Hawthorn Football Club with the fifty-sixth pick in the 2013 AFL draft.[1] In 2014, he was widely considered Box Hill’s best player in the losing grand final, kicking a team-high three goals, and finishing with 15 disposals and five marks.[3]

He made his AFL debut against Essendon in round 2, 2015 starting as the sub. He came on replacing the injured James Frawley in the first quarter and later kicked a goal. He went on to play three games for the year.[4]

In the absence of the injured Jarryd Roughead, Sicily was named in Hawthorn's team for the opening round of the 2016 AFL season, kicking 4 goals against West Coast in round 2 and kicking the match winning goal in round 3 against the Western Bulldogs.[5][6] He was named as the round 13 nominee for the Rising Star after kicking a career high five goals and recording 13 disposals and 5 marks.[7] 2016 was regarded as Sicily's breakout season.[5]

During the 2017 season, Sicily, who had previously been a forward, was shifted to the backline, after being dropped from the team while playing as a forward.[8] He impressed in that position, but nonetheless at the end of the season was still the subject of some uncertainty around his position in the team.[9] On August 22, 2017, Sicily signed a three-year contract extension keeping him at the club until 2020.[10]

Sicily was suspended for one match in the early stages of the 2018 season for kneeing Geelong captain Joel Selwood.[11] Notwithstanding this, Sicily was widely tipped to be on track for a nomination to the All-Australian team of that year before breaking bones in his wrist in Round 17, only returning during the finals series.[12] Despite this injury, Sicily had a season widely perceived as excellent,[12] and was considered to have potential to become one of the league's best defenders.[13]

Sicily had another good season in 2019, being selected in the extended All-Australian squad for that year, the only Hawthorn player to do so.[14] He was considered especially important to Hawthorn's defense.[15] At the end of the season, he re-signed with the club till at least the year 2022.[16]

On 16 May 2022, Sicily announced that he had agreed to a 5-year contract extension with Hawthorn, tying him to the club until at least the end of 2027.[17]

On-field temperament

Sicily is widely regarded and known for having a short temper, something he himself has acknowledged.[18]

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2022 season.[19]

Legend

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks
†	Led the league for  the season

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2014	Hawthorn	41	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
2015	Hawthorn	21	3	4	1	19	19	38	11	3	1.3	0.3	6.3	6.3	12.7	3.7	1.0	0
2016	Hawthorn	21	22	30	18	168	84	252	100	43	1.4	0.8	7.6	3.8	11.5	4.6	2.0	3
2017	Hawthorn	21	19	13	9	204	148	352	131	22	0.7	0.5	10.7	7.8	18.5	6.9	1.2	1
2018	Hawthorn	6	16	6	1	264	109	373	114	26	0.4	0.1	16.5	6.8	23.3	7.1	1.6	8
2019	Hawthorn	6	22	3	2	352	112	464	158	32	0.1	0.1	16.0	5.1	21.1	7.2	1.5	8
2020[lower-alpha 1]	Hawthorn	6	11	2	1	146	50	196	62	9	0.2	0.1	13.3	4.5	17.8	5.6	0.8	0
2021	Hawthorn	6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
2022	Hawthorn	6	22	1	3	418	106	524	190†	32	0.0	0.1	19.0	4.8	23.8	8.6†	1.5	7
Career			115	59	35	1571	628	2199	766	167	0.5	0.3	13.7	5.5	19.1	6.7	1.5	27

Notes

Honours and achievements

Team

• Minor premiership (Box Hill): 2015

Individual

• Peter Crimmins Medal: 2022
• 22 Under 22 team: 2017
• Hawthorn most promising player: 2016
• AFL Rising Star nominee: 2016
• Victoria Australian rules football team: 2020

References

External links

• James Sicily's profile on the official website of the Hawthorn Football Club
• James Sicily's playing statistics from AFL Tables

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